Try
this and
this for the hard way. You will be needing the
INI's Editor, to do this. Or you can always do it the easy way using the
FL Explorer
Heres how to make a new system with a sun and 1 planet and one base, step-for-step:
1. Open FLExplorer
2. When it asks if you want to edit an existing MOD, press non.
3. Wait...
4. Right click some free space on the Sirius map.
5. Press "noveau" and chose the properties for your system.
6. Now that you have a new system, right click on it it the Sirius map, and chose "editer".
7. Now you are in "your" system, on the left side you got loots of choises, start with pressing SUN. Put your sun in the middle of the system. Now press "Light source". Choose a "ambient", and if you want a system with a white sun, remember to chose white sun and white light source.
8. Click and chose "base" on the menu to the left. Chose all the prperties you want for your base.
9. You will be asked to sett up all the trading, equipment and ship properties, when you are ready with the base basics.
10. if you want your base to have people in the bar, right click on the base in the system and press "editer les personnages" in the bottom.
11. Now make a planet, that is a choice in the menu to the left.
12. Put tradelanes to the bases. Remember to have on tradelane where the jumpgate can go from, i will say how to do this soon.
13. If you want your system to be alive, put out patrols.
14. Put out wrecks, and make rumors for them on the base/planet.
15. Now, in the left upper corner, you have the "add" button. Press it.
16. Double click on the system you want to have the start jumpgate from, lets say New York. In Ny, leftclick and choose "Debut the Jumpgate", put it outside Manhattan, and go out from NY (just double click somewhere on the map), and go to "your" system. On the empty spoot i told you to do, ricghtclick and choose "Fin de Jumpgate".
17. Blast of manhattan and your jumpgate should be there.
***NOTES***
*Not spend half an hour making new names in FLExplorer, it cant show/generate them.
*Remeber to don't fill you systems with unessecary things.
*My french is not that good (i dont know a single word, i just guessed the first time i used FLE.
HOPE THIS HELPS, It TOOK ME 15 MINUTES TO WRITE
Edited by - Orillion on 28-10-2003 23:47:47
Tue Oct 28, 2003 7:05 pm 